Device for lifting and moving the sick.



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(Application filed June 26, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

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DEVICE FOR LIFTING AND MOVING THE SICK.

(Application filed June 26, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. JONES, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE JONES EASY INVALID LIFTER COMPANY.

DEVICE FQRVLIFTIVNG AND MOVING, TH E SICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent no. 651,761, dated .rmie a, 1900.

' 7 Application filed June 26,1899. Serial No. 721,930. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. J ONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan,have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Lifting and Moving the Sick, of which the following is a specification. p

This invention has for its object to provide a new and improved device or machine for conveniently lifting and easily moving sick persons wherein provision is made forconveying the person from place to place in a room or from one room to another. This object is accomplished in the manner and by the means hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows asidejelevation of my lifting-frame, together with the support or lifter upon which the patient is placed, also the turntable or turning'device whereby the patient can be' turned in any direction while supported by the lifting and patient-supporting frame. Fig. 2 shows an end elevation of that part ofthe frame which is placed at the foot end of the bed. Fig. 3 shows a plan view of the lifting-framethe support upon which the patient is placedwith the turning device removed. ,Fig. 4 shows a side elevation of the clutch which forms the joint'in the supporting device, allowing one end of the supporting device to be raisedand secured in any suitable position; and Fig; 5 shows a detail view of the clutch, the parts being separated.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views, V

A shows a framework of the lifting and transporting device. This framework is constructed, preferably, of metal, and it should be of. such length as to allow the bed or cot on which the patient reclines to be placed be tweenthe two ends of this supporting-frame. The supporting-frame is placed upon casters, (shown by A.) The frame is provided, preferably, with braces at the top and on either side. .Two ofthese braces are shown by B B, they being secured by means of the thumbnuts B B, which thumb-nuts can be loosened in order to place the frame into condition to be folded into compact form. O and D show braces at the end of this frame,which end is preferably placed at the head of the bed or cot in use, and which end I will refer to as the head end of the lifting and supporting frame. In order to strengthen this frame, I provide, preferably, three cross-pieces, which crsss-pieces are shown in Fig. 1 by O, C, and O. pivoted to the top of the frame .atthe point shown byD D. The object of this construction is to allow the ends of the supportingframe to be folded when the braces B and B have been disconnected at one end. I also provide, preferably, cross-braces at what I term the foot end of the frame or that portion of the frame which passes over the foot of the. bed or cot, which cross pieces or braces are shown by E and F in Figs. 1 and 2.

- I provide, preferably, springs forth purpose of supporting the cords and pulleys which are used in raising the support. Those placed at the foot of the frame are shown in Fig. 2 by G G G G, and at the head of the frame ,I show the spring adjustment bye and at the foot end or at the point of attachment of the ropes which support the foot end of the frame or support'on which the patient rests I use similar springs, (shown in Fig. 1 by G I also use pulleys supported by these springs, which pulleys are shown in Fig. 2 by G G G G. G,'G and G are pulleys supported by the spring connections and which pulleys in turn support the lifting ropes or cords hereinafter described.

It will be understood that Fig. 1 shows one side of the lifting-frame and that the'other side is an exact duplicateof the view shown by Fig.1.

H is a ratchet-wheel secured to the foot end of the moving frame and provided with a crank K for operating the same. a This ratchetwheel H is rigidly secured to the roller, or shaft J and is adapted to revolve with such roller, upon which roller the lifting-cords are wound, as hereinafter described.

I is a pawl or dog adapted to engage with the ratchet-wheel, thereby stopping and retaining the ratchet-wheel in any desired position.

Whenever it is found necessary to lift the The ends of the frame are hinged or IOO patient and movethe frame inorder .to transfer the patient from one room to another; through a doorway, I provide what I call a turn-table or turning device composed of upper and lower horizontal frames L and M, the u pper frame beingsuspended by the lift--, ing-cords through the. medium of snaps Q, which engage holes in the cross-slatsO. The lower frame M is centrally connected to the upper frame L by a ,pivot or; swivel N,; and said lower frame Mis connected with the lifting and patient-supporting frame T U, hereinafter described,- by-connections composed, as here shown, of springsR and R, p which engage with the cross-pieces 0*0', 'and by the snaps S S, as fully shown in Fig. l.

=P;a-nd iP show an adjusting device for tak-! ing nip the 'ropesand cords in order to changel the relative position of the supportonwhichg' the patient rests, :as more fully describedi hereinafter. 'Ilheli'fiti-ng and patient-supporting framei is composed, preferably, :of a frame of sufii-i cien't size to entirely encircle the patient: The. splanvdew "of :this support is showninl Fig. :3 and the side view isrshown in Fig. 1. The rfirame ispreferably rectangular. In'the; side :elevation T shows the longer or what I: term the foot portion of this supporting-l frame and U the shorter or What Itterm thei i-head portion. These two portionsare attached together .80 as :to allow the foot pore tion :to re main horizontal, while :the head aportion can be'araised :to any required angle v even to a rightangle, if required, rand'can bei locked in such position. This is accomplished by the mechanism shown more fully in :Eigs. 1, 4, and '5, whichconstituteswhat I termmfielmtch-fhinge.

and W-sh0wttwo 1parts of theZcl-utch-hingei having zinterl'oclni ngteeth d.

WV shows .a thumb-nut adapted to press itoge'ther the two-part clutch -=hinge, It'here'by}: loclim-g the part U :atanyrequired angle to the 'paritT.

The liftingiand patient-supportin gframe is provided sviith 'can -vas or other suitable fab-i ri'c T, which 'is 'removably secured to :the; firaa'm'e by any suitable devices.

It will be noticed that there :are' four-cords which wind upon theshait J. "The two cords; marked a a pass over the pn-lleysfl and are E secured am to what I term the foot end'ofi the turning device, while the two cords Sbtf pass over the pulleys G and are secured to? th'aendof the tu rn iangldevice nearestthe 4h ead of the frame.

=Blyoperat in g-ttheiratchet wheel H and shaft J bYJIIGSlHS Of the crank K the cord sare won nd upon the shafitJ and the movable support, 1 I

t'ogetherwiththe turningdevice, is raised and lowered.

tached directly to the' su-pport :ueponwhich'i the patient .rests is shown byathedotted l-in'es In order to place the patient properly upon the support, the canvas (shown at T) is first placed under the patient wnne the patient is reclining upon the bed or cot. The rectangular frame T and U is then placed in position around the patient and the edges of the canvas secured thereto, as hereinbeforedescribed. H Whenproperly sec'ured,the patient rests upon the canvas and may belifted by means of the cords, pulleys, and shaft above described, it being understood that the two parts of the frame T and U are locked into position before the patient is lifted. When the patient is lifted upon the support,-he rests upon the canvas and may be raised to any required distance-above the bed, and the framework A, with the patient thereon, may be removed to any part-of the room and fromone room to another "in 'c'ases where'the'door will allow. Whenever my lllfUl-IlfidBVrlGGaiSUSBd portion :or fiap (shown-thy 'U) is provided in the canvasT, the objectof whichwisto enable the'useriof mylifting-fra-me .tQ TGmOVG or partially remove the *flap when .it flSsdB sired to take the patient to thestoo l. Sometimes it will be fou-nd -.desira;bile mere'lyito dift the patient, fleaving hi m in'ra ihorizonta'lzposition. At other times .it will be found useful .to the patient to have the (head portion of the dewiceor the part :shownby U 'rais'ed'atfan incli-neand locked :in "that position.

it-will ben-oted that the patient can be transferred :from :place to placelzeither inn horizontal position :orin a sitting position and that when the patient isretumned to the bedaor'cot the canvas'T can' Pbedisengaged from the frame and then the ifram'e're moved and afterward :the can vas.

The whole devic'e may be =used ,to

clutch to the supporting-frame. it

I have described my preferred form'of upright frame and my preferred form of "snipporting-frame; {but it will be evident'ithat I ladvam; tage by :making it:a cotoribed of-itselfl aso-n the :general'fform' of (the frames may be mod i- V fied and changed :somewhait witholitdepar ting from ithe spirit of :my invention. 'iPheposition off the cords .a andb when at- Having'thu-sdescribed my invention, what Iwclaimitohave*inventedgand desire to secure by Letters iB-atent, is-

nected with the shaft, means for supporting and guiding the lifting-cords at'the top of the frame, a turn-table suspended by said cords, and a patient-supporting frame suspended from the turning part of the turn-table, substantially as described. w

2. The combination of an upright frame, spring-suspended pulleys at the top of the frame, a shaft mounted on the frame, liftingcords connected with the shaft and passing over said spring-suspended pulleys, a turntable composed of two frames centrally swiveled together and the upper one connected with the lifting-cords, and a patient-supporting frame suspended from the lower turning frame of said turn-table, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a collapsible upright frame, casters supporting said frame, a revolving shaft, a plurality of cords each having one end attached to the said shaft, a

turning device supported by the said cords,

a lifting or supporting frame beneath the said turning device, a suitable connection betable composed of two horizontal, superim posed frames swiveled together at their center, devices detachably connecting said lifting-cords with the uppermost frame of said turn table, a patient-supporting frame arranged below the turn-table, and a series of independent springs detachably connecting the lowermost frame of said turn-table with said patient-supportin g frame, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. v v

CHARLES W. JONES. Witnesses:

EDWARD TAGGART, DORA B. PARKER. 

